The contract of Goldust will expire in January 2004, and the official word is that WWE will not be looking to renew it.

Here's what WWE.Com has to say about this:

WWE has elected not to offer a new contract of Dustin Runnels, aka Goldust, after his current contract expires in mid-January of 2004.

There you have it, black on white, come January 2004 Goldust will be gone from the WWE. It has been rumored that Goldust was set to partake in the "I Still Remember" storyline with Booker T, but that might have been changed or scrapped entirely.